Button-securing device



March 26, 1929. cs I 1,706,576

BUTTON SECURING DEVI CE Filed Nov. 2, 1927 Patented Mar. 1929. I I I UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed November 2, 1927. Serial No. 230,407.

This invention relates to devices for seconnecting right angled members 14 termicuring buttons to fabrics and has particular hating in sharp ended, outturned hook-like reference to attaching buttons of considerable prongs 15, capable of being passed through size to articles of clothing. the but-ton openings 12 or 12 and also the fab 55 It is a well known fact that buttons occaric 10.

sionally become loose or are actually loose, After these elements have been passed due to the breaking of threads with which through the button eyes, a flexible'ring 16, as they are fastened and a needle with suitable of rubber or a closely-wound spring, is slipped thread may not be conveniently at hand to over the elements 1 1, as best seen in Figure 2, 6

10 make the necessary repairs. and then the prongs are passed through the It is therefore one of the ob ects of the presmaterlal 10. r ent invention to provide an efficient and s1m- Thereafter, a similar ring 17 is engaged ple means for attaching buttons Wherever over the extending ends of the elements 1 1, they may be desired, either originally or then projecting through the side of the mate- 65 when repairs are required, in a rapid and efrial opposite the button, and the prongs 15 fective manner. t will retain the ring 17 and button securely to A further feature is to provide such means the fabric. a in forms convenient. for use and which may In Figures 4 and 5, in place of a single rebe applied without the necessity of a needle tainer, two are used, arranged at right angles 70 20 and thread or other like tools and accessories. and affording a double grip, the rings 16 and These and other analogous objects, such as 17 confining the retainers in the manner he neatness of appearance, security and ease of fore noted. b application, are accomplished by the novel 7 It will be seen'that the function of the ring construction and combination of parts, here- 16 is that ofa spacer, holding the button inafter described and. shown in the annexed slightly away from the material, and the ring drawing, forming part hereof, and in 17 acts to confine the prongs, preventing the whi h button to be pulled off or away from the Figure 1 is a plan view of a button as fasfabric. 7 j toned. by an embodiment of the invention. Although my invention has been described so so Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view with reference to a particular embodiment, it

taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. isunderstood that minor changes in construc- Figure 3 is an expanded View of the several tion and details thereof may be made without parts, showing the sequence of their arrangedeparting from the scope of the claim hereto t, i appended. V p

5 Figure 4. is a view similar to Figure 1 but Having thus described my invention, what illustrating the application of the device to a I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters button having four openings. Patent, is I 1.

Figure 5 is a" perspective view of the A button fastener comprising one or more pronged elements uscd'in connection with the two pronged wire loops having out-turned 40 h i i Figu 4 p v hook ends adapted to pass through the eyes As shown in the drawings, a piece of any of a button and material to which it is attextile fabric, generally designated by the tached, a flexible spacing ring circumjacent numeral 10, indicates the material to which a the prongs of the hooks intermediate the back button 11 isto be secured. of the button and material, said ring being The but-ton, illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, composed of a closely wound helical spring is of conventional type, having a pair of wire and a second similar flexible ring to en spaced openings 12, or as in Figures 3 and 4, gage the protruding ends of the loop to seat in I with four similar openings 1%. the hooked elements thereof. V g

If only two openings are used, a single In witness whereofIhave aflixed my'signa- 50 round metallic wire fastener is used, the fasture. r

tener presenting a bar portion 13 integrally PAUL KARCSAK. 

